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I believe it's a little worse in New Zealand. When I go home, I get about 15 minutes in the sun before I start burning. My father used to work with some Niger
by dvtv75 9y ago
I believe it's a little worse in New Zealand. When I go home, I get about 15 minutes in the sun before I start burning.
My father used to work with some Nigerian engineers who said that the sun stings a lot more in Australia and New Zealand than at home. I long thought that was the UV but I've since read that it's actually the infrared that causes the burning senstation.
- PetahNZ 9y agoAs a New Zealander I can confirm. I can't spend more than 10 minutes in the direct sun without turning red as a tomato an my skin pealing a few days later.
- dzhiurgis 9y agoYep, SPF 85 cream is quite common in NZ and rare in Aus.
- xkcd-sucks 9y agoExperience as a pale, unsupervised photochem grad student leads me to believe that short wave UV evokes a tingly feeling in the short term, longer wave UV evokes a more burny feeling and long ir evokes deep tissue heating (still useful in the winter, but just get a space heater)